Дэвид Копперфильд

I Begin Life on My Own Account, and Don’t Like it

           Micawber’saffairs,althoughpasttheircrisis,wereverymuchinvolvedbyreasonofacertain‘Deed’,ofwhichIusedtohearagreatdeal,andwhichIsuppose,now,tohavebeensomeformercompositionwithhiscreditors,thoughIwassofarfrombeingclearaboutitthen,thatIamconsciousofhavingconfoundeditwiththosedemoniacalparchmentswhichareheldtohave,onceuponatime,obtainedtoagreatextentinGermany.Atlastthisdocumentappearedtobegotoutoftheway,somehow;atalleventsitceasedtobetherock-aheadithadbeen;andMrs.Micawberinformedmethat‘herfamily’haddecidedthatMr.MicawbershouldapplyforhisreleaseundertheInsolventDebtorsAct,whichwouldsethimfree,sheexpected,inaboutsixweeks.

           ‘Andthen,’saidMr.Micawber,whowaspresent,‘IhavenodoubtIshall,pleaseHeaven,begintobebeforehandwiththeworld,andtoliveinaperfectlynewmanner,ifinshort,ifanythingturnsup.’

           Bywayofgoinginforanythingthatmightbeonthecards,IcalltomindthatMr.Micawber,aboutthistime,composedapetitiontotheHouseofCommons,prayingforanalterationinthelawofimprisonmentfordebt.Isetdownthisremembrancehere,becauseitisaninstancetomyselfofthemannerinwhichIfittedmyoldbookstomyalteredlife,andmadestoriesformyself,outofthestreets,andoutofmenandwomen;andhowsomemainpointsinthecharacterIshallunconsciouslydevelop,Isuppose,inwritingmylife,weregraduallyformingallthiswhile.

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